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Friday, May 09, 2008

Dumb attack dog: a Memphis adventure

So The Other Niece from Memphis and I were motoring back toward I40 after a visit to the fresh water pearl facility on the Tennessee River. More about that later. In any event, as we cruised along & I scanned the countryside for photo ops, we passed a one-truck volunteer fire department, with a wonderful picture on the side of the vehicle.

Time to stop and admire. And click. And take a close look at yesterday's truck, mouldering in the grass. (Sorry about the picture sizes, guys -- I'm working on an Alien Computer, complete to a Secret, Hidden Photo Edit Program. Maybe I can correct the pix tonight after the Mississippi side wheeler excursion.)

Even as we turned to leave the volunteer fire department drive, the dog showed up, barking loudly. He danced to the right of the Toyota, he danced to the left of the Toyota and, most manly of him, he danced in front of the Toyota. This drill continued until we were well out on the highway, with an angry driver behind us honking, loudly. At last the attack dog gave up. We could have killed him several times over. But he was manly, that animal. Dumb dog!

1000 photos? Oh my god, how do you narrow that search (for potential blog material)? If I shoot over 100, it adds an hour to my post time, just wading thru them. I have found that photos tell their own stories tho, and they are generally more truthful than my own...You are an amazing woman, keep it up.

arty -- welcome! my secret to handling all those pix is to make subject matter folders & periodically cull my HUGE iPhoto library to put pix in their right pockets, which are then sitting there for an appropriate blog. However, you're right, it can take a lot of time just reviewing the library, which is stuffed & I don't quite know how to deal with the program in smaller segments...